What Is Implied If the Developmental Curve for a Particular

question 129

Multiple Choice

What is implied if the developmental curve for a particular skill remains stable for many months and then shows a sudden abrupt improvement, and this pattern is repeated throughout childhood?

• A)The skill advances quantitatively.
• B)The skill is erratic and outside of normative developmental processes.
• C)The skill advances discontinuously through stages.
• D)The skill is reliant on continuous developmental processes.

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Definitions:

Continuous Variables

Variables that can take an infinite number of values within a given range.

Product-moment

A statistical measure of the linear correlation between two variables, often expressed as Pearson's correlation coefficient.

Scatterplot

A type of graph used in statistics to display values for two variables for a set of data, showing the relationship between them.

R(xy)

A statistical measure representing the strength and direction of a linear relationship between two variables.